D.C. Circuit· 6/12/1968

James Hemphill v. United States

Citations

402 F.2d 187
131 U.S. App. D.C. 46
1968 U.S. App. LEXIS 6575

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reversing conviction of first-degree murder for failure to prove premeditation, and remanding to “permitf] sentencing for second-degree murder without a new trial”
invalidating first-degree murder conviction where “[t]he attack was without warning or apparent reason”
defendant brutally assaulted female acquaintance before murdering her sleeping 10-year-old grandson; evidence of premeditation and deliberation held insufficient
no inference of premeditation where defendant may have obtained murder weapon at scene of crime
no inference of premeditation where defendant may have obtained murder weapon at scene of crime
time to walk up stairs consistent with finding that killing was product of deliberation, when motive was shown

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Judges: Wright, Tamm, Leventhal

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